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Corticosterone

Known as: (11beta)-11,21-Dihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 11,21-dihydroxy-, (11beta)-, Corticosterone [Chemical/Ingredient] 
An adrenocortical steroid that has modest but significant activities as a mineralocorticoid and a glucocorticoid. (From Goodman and Gilman's The… 
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11-dehydrocorticosterone18-vinyldeoxycorticosterone19-norcorticosterone20-dihydrocorticosterone
Adrenal CortexCorticosterone AssayCorticosterone:MCnc:24H:Urine:QnCorticosterone:MCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:Qn

Broader (3)

Adrenal Cortex HormonesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsGlucocorticoids

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Systems neuroscience: The stress of dieting
Food restriction alters stress and feeding pathways in the brain, and promotes binge eating of high-fat foods upon subsequent… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Stress, corticosterone responses and avian personalities
  • J. Cockrem
  • Journal of Ornithology
  • 2007
  • Corpus ID: 9578614
Birds are constantly responding to stimuli from their environment. When these stimuli are perceived as threatening, stress… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein hampers the access of cortisol but not of corticosterone to mouse and human brain.
In the present study, we investigated the role of the multidrug resistance (mdr) P-glycoprotein (Pgp) at the blood-brain barrier… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Myocardial Production of Aldosterone and Corticosterone in the Rat
Increasing evidence suggests that mineralo- and glucocorticoids modulate cardiovascular homeostasis via the effects of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Circadian variation in basal plasma corticosterone and adrenocorticotropin in the rat: sexual dimorphism and changes across the estrous cycle.
Sexual dimorphism in the rat hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis was investigated by determination of plasma corticosterone and… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Visible burrow system as a model of chronic social stress: Behavioral and neuroendocrine correlates
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Stress down-regulates corticosterone receptors in a site-specific manner in the brain.
We have examined whether corticosterone receptor number within the brain can be regulated by its own ligand and whether such… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
In vivo corticotropin-releasing factor-induced secretion of adrenocorticotropin, beta-endorphin, and corticosterone.
A 41-residue peptide purified as a corticotropin-releasing factor/beta-endorphin-releasing factor (CRF) in vitro was tested for… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The determination of five steroids in avian plasma by radioimmunoassay and competitive protein-binding
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
17-hydroxylation deficiency in man.
The biosynthesis of steroid hormones 1 requires a number of hydroxylating enzymes. Deficiency of these enzymes is demonstrated by… 
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